June 10, 2006

WE ARE ALL INTELLIGENT DESIGNISTS NOW:

Global Warming Has Forced Animals to Evolve Already (Steve Connor, June 9, 2006, The Independent)

Some species of animals are changing genetically in order to adapt to rapid climate change within just a few generations, scientists believe.

Smaller animals in particular that can breed quickly, such as squirrels, some birds and insects, are showing signs of evolving new patterns of behaviour to increase their chances of survival. Scientists say that many of the genetic adaptations are to cope with changes in the length of the seasons rather than the absolute increases in summer temperatures.


You can't even begin to unravel that confusion, so just sit back and enjoy.

Posted by Orrin Judd at June 10, 2006 11:04 PM
Comments

Hm. So that's the reason all the squirrels are sporting buzz/crew cuts around here. I kinda hoped the were marine corps squirrels down here for some R&R in the Florida sunshine.

Posted by: erp at June 11, 2006 8:15 AM

You mean like the moths which changed colors due to the soot from English factories. Okay, whatever.

Posted by: Raoul Ortega at June 11, 2006 12:51 PM

All of this is for sure TRUE...Newsflash! The gray squirrel in my palm tree, since I started feeding the birds from my windowsill, has adapted, changed his DNA coding, I am sure of it. He can "fly" from one of the fronds to steal the millet! What an adaptation in ZERO generations. Then I ran out of birdseed. Presto chango, no more flying. Does this count ??? Please add to research.

Posted by: marbel at June 11, 2006 2:19 PM
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